Kenya has enacted a tough new smoking rule, which bans smoking on the street and in parks, markets, bars, private homes, and private cars. That’s right: If you’re not lighting up in one of the country’s designated smoking zones, you’re not smoking at all—unless you want to risk imprisonment (up to three years) or a fine of up to $43,000, according to the BBC.
Being an ex-smoker, I tend to give the nicotine-addicted more sympathy than scorn and rarely complain about secondhand fumes. But even I thought, Hmm, wouldn’t that be nice? Read More
Last week, as we kicked off our new 
When I was 11 years old, I drew skulls and warnings on my mother’s cigarettes and then slipped the cigarettes back in the pack. If I was hoping to embarrass her, it worked: She offered them to guests at an afternoon party, and I heard the details. It wasn’t as hilarious as I had imagined, apparently. That was 1971.
